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<blockquote data-quote="Jos Stratford" data-source="post: 1738563" data-attributes="member: 12449"><p>Fresh back from lands afar, my feeding stations beckoned. For the first time in two months, temperatures in Lithuania reached the zero mark, a degree above in the capital. At the feeding stations, it was time for my annual census, an attempt to gauge bird numbers. </p><p></p><p>First up, had to get there! Yet more snow in the preceding week left hopes of getting the car near a pipe dream. Another trek through the snow was required, me up to my thighs, a toboggan loaded with peanuts in tow. Action-packed at the feeders, high numbers of <strong>Great Tits </strong>and <strong>Blue Tits</strong> as usual, a steady stream of woodpeckers in and out - at least four <strong>Middle Spotted Woodpeckers</strong>, plus a resident female <strong>Grey-headed Woodpecker </strong>on the closest of the peanut feeders. <strong>Jays</strong> swooped in, <strong>Great Spotted Woodpeckers</strong> hogged chosen feeders, a Treecreeper looked most out of place, foraging on the snow beneath a feeder, picking up fallen crumbs. All was peace and calm ...then it wasn't! </p><p></p><p>One minute feeding quietly, the next moment scattering in alarm in all directions, birds shot into thickets and off into tree tops, loads of churring and scolding. And the cause? One superb <strong>Pygmy Owl</strong>! Came in low and fast, straight through the central feeding area, hurtling after a hapless <strong>Great Tit</strong>, the chase in vain I believe. Off swung the owl, across the snow, now with woodpeckers in pursuit and much general commotion. A mere few seconds after its entrance, the bird was gone, vanishing into distant trees. Try as I might, no further sign, my third record of this species on my land, all in mid-winter around the feeding station.</p><p></p><p>Further walks added both <strong>Black </strong>and <strong>White-backed Woodpecker</strong>, then it was back to the meadows. Pesky <strong>Beaver</strong> had been active again, but the weather was turning not too pretty, back across the snow I tramped. An excellent day at its end.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Jos Stratford, post: 1738563, member: 12449"] Fresh back from lands afar, my feeding stations beckoned. For the first time in two months, temperatures in Lithuania reached the zero mark, a degree above in the capital. At the feeding stations, it was time for my annual census, an attempt to gauge bird numbers. First up, had to get there! Yet more snow in the preceding week left hopes of getting the car near a pipe dream. Another trek through the snow was required, me up to my thighs, a toboggan loaded with peanuts in tow. Action-packed at the feeders, high numbers of [B]Great Tits [/B]and [B]Blue Tits[/B] as usual, a steady stream of woodpeckers in and out - at least four [B]Middle Spotted Woodpeckers[/B], plus a resident female [B]Grey-headed Woodpecker [/B]on the closest of the peanut feeders. [B]Jays[/B] swooped in, [B]Great Spotted Woodpeckers[/B] hogged chosen feeders, a Treecreeper looked most out of place, foraging on the snow beneath a feeder, picking up fallen crumbs. All was peace and calm ...then it wasn't! One minute feeding quietly, the next moment scattering in alarm in all directions, birds shot into thickets and off into tree tops, loads of churring and scolding. And the cause? One superb [B]Pygmy Owl[/B]! Came in low and fast, straight through the central feeding area, hurtling after a hapless [B]Great Tit[/B], the chase in vain I believe. Off swung the owl, across the snow, now with woodpeckers in pursuit and much general commotion. A mere few seconds after its entrance, the bird was gone, vanishing into distant trees. Try as I might, no further sign, my third record of this species on my land, all in mid-winter around the feeding station. Further walks added both [B]Black [/B]and [B]White-backed Woodpecker[/B], then it was back to the meadows. Pesky [B]Beaver[/B] had been active again, but the weather was turning not too pretty, back across the snow I tramped. An excellent day at its end. [/QUOTE]
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